Record of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 4th Aug. 1914 - 28th June 1919
A colour honour-roll sheet: King George V, generals, the union flag, the New Zealand flag, kiwis and the national arms frame the title, over a grid of unit badges, casualty and decoration tables, with ribbons reading FRANCE, PALESTINE, GALLIPOLI and FREEDOM, HONOUR, JUSTICE. The sheet lends the King, flags and decorations to the record (transfer) and sums the war up in three virtue words (glittering generalities).
- Date
- 1919
- Period
- Interwar
- Made by
- New Zealand Government Life Insurance Department (publisher, 'with the compliments' of the Department); artist D. Moule
- Region
- Oceania
- Country
- New Zealand
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Massey Government
- Leader
- William Ferguson Massey
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- Themes
- War and the military, Empire and colonialism
- Event
- World War I
- Techniques
- TransferGlittering generalities
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, retrieved September 29, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (NZ publication of 1919, before 1931; Te Papa: 'No Known Copyright Restrictions')
New Zealand Government Life Insurance Office; D. Moule. 1919. Te Papa, GH003689, gift of Mrs Hansen, 1990.
Text on the object
H.M. KING GEORGE V GEN. SIR W.R. BIRDWOOD G.C.M.G. K.C.B. [portrait caption, read at low confidence] MJR. GEN. SIR A.H. RUSSELL [rest of caption illegible] LIEUT. GEN. SIR A.J. GODLEY K.C.B. K.C.M.G. [read at low confidence] MJR. GEN. SIR E.W.C. CHAYTOR [rest of caption illegible] RECORD OF THE NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN THE GREAT WAR 4TH AUG. 1914 - 28TH JUNE 1919 With the Compliments of The New Zealand Government Life Insurance Department. [left ribbons] FRANCE / PALESTINE / GALLIPOLI [right ribbons] FREEDOM / HONOUR / JUSTICE [central grid: unit badges and colour patches for Infantry, the Fourth Brigade, the Reserve Brigade, the Mounted Rifles Brigade, Divisional Troops, Divisional Mounted Troops, the Samoan Expeditionary Force and the New Zealand Permanent Force, each with unit names in very small type, largely illegible] PRINCIPAL ENGAGEMENTS. Samoa, Egypt (1914-15-16), Gallipoli (1915), France and Flanders (1916-17-18), Suez Canal, Landing at Anzac, Defence of Anzac, Helles, Krithia, Suvla, Sari Bair, Somme (1916-18), Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Delville Wood, Guillemont, Ginchy, Le Transloy, Messines (1917), Ypres (1917), Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Passchendaele, Arras (1918), Ancre (1918), Lys, Bailleul, Kemmel, Scherpenberg, Marne (1918), Tardenois, Albert (1918), Bapaume (1918), Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Canal du Nord, Cambrai (1918), Selle, Sambre, Romani, Rafa, Gaza, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Jaffa, Jericho, Jordan, Megiddo, Nablus, Palestine (1917-18). [seal] BADGES - COLOURS & HISTORICAL DETAIL AUTHENTICATED BY HEADQUARTERS N.Z. MILITARY FORCES STATISTICS. Total Enlistments 117,175 Total Embarkations 102,438 Killed in Action 10,870 Died of Wounds 3,950 Died of Sickness, etc. 1,877 Died while Training and after Discharge, 1,469 Prisoners of War 498 Wounded 41,317 Total Casualties 59,981 HONOURS AND DECORATIONS AWARDED. Victoria Cross (V.C.) 11 Order of the Bath - Knight Com. (K.C.B.) 2; Companion (C.B.) 12 Order of St. Michael & St. George - Knight Com. (K.C.M.G.) 4; Companion (C.M.G.) 48 Order of the British Empire - Commander (C.B.E.) 28; Officer (O.B.E.) 57; Member (M.B.E.) 40 Dist. Ser. Order (D.S.O.) 135, With Bar 8 Royal Red Cross (R.R.C.) 83, With Bar 1 Military Cross (M.C.) 506, With Bar 25 Dis. Con. Medal (D.C.M.) 389, With Bar 4 Military Medal (M.M.) 2,006, With Bar 62 Mer. Ser. Medal (M.S.M.) 325 COPYRIGHT REGISTERED D. Moule, Del.
Read from a 4,030 x 5,000 px scan; the portrait captions and the unit badge labels are small and partly damaged by a tear, and are marked accordingly. Some numerals in the decorations table sit under the tear and were read at low confidence.
